ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022
Beyond emotion: online takeaway food consumption is associated with emotional overeating among Chinese college students.
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- Using Mobile Ecological Momentary Assessment to Understand Consumption and Context Around Online Food Delivery Use: Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Prevalence, symptom phenotype, and multidomain associated factors of fatigue among Chinese college students: a nationwide cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Current trends in take-out food consumption and its influencing factors among first-trimester pregnant women in Changsha.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Associations between takeaway food consumption, physical activity levels, and their joint effect with comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms among Chinese university students.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Is takeout culture associated with rising colorectal cancer in young Chinese adults? An ecological analysis of GBD and CHNS data.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- What's in your card? The impact of online food delivery apps on depression and eating behaviors.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The association between appetite and eating behaviors among Chinese female university students.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Analysis of factors influencing college students' food waste behavior and evaluation of labor education intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- High nutrition literacy linked with low frequency of take-out food consumption in chinese college students.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Digital Food Retail: Public Health Opportunities.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundOnline takeaway food has become very popular in China. However, the potential effects of online takeaway food consumption on eating behaviours among individuals during the transition stage from adolescence to young adulthood have not yet been assessed.
objectiveThis study aimed to examine the effects of takeaway food consumption on emotional overeating behaviour among college students.
methodsData were collected from 1450 college students from six universities in Anhui, China. The frequency of emotional overeating during the past 4 weeks was assessed by the emotional overeating questionnaire (EOQ). Data on the frequency of online takeaway food consumption and other potential risk factors at the individual, interpersonal, physical environment, and macro-system levels were assessed by questionnaire. Multilevel linear regression analyses were employed to explore the association between takeaway food consumption and emotional overeating behaviour.
resultsCompared to those who consumed online takeaway food less than 1 day per week, participants who consumed this food 4-5 days per week and participants who consumed this food 6-7 days per week had significantly higher EOQ scores (β = 0.14, p < 0.05 and β = 0.67, p < 0.001, respectively). More frequent consumption was associated with higher EOQ scores (p for trend < 0.001).
conclusionA higher frequency of takeaway food consumption was associated with an elevated risk of emotional overeating among college students independent of personal emotional status and other potential confounders at the interpersonal, physical environmental and macro-system levels. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V; cross-sectional descriptive study.
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